AUSTIN — Republican lawmakers announced Friday they reached agreement over a bill to let people carry handguns in public without a license or training that clears the path to Texas becoming the latest state to lift gun permitting rules. The deal would keep in tact many of the changes made by the Senate, including stiffer penalties for felons who illegally …

Saturday begins cloudy and muggy with a few showers possible. Showers and isolated thunderstorms however, will increase in coverage this afternoon and evening. The environment is favorable for spotty to scattered showers and storms through Sunday as Gulf moisture streams northward. The most likely time for rain both days this weekend will be during the afternoon and evening. No severe …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you ever went to the Farmer’s Market on Airline Drive, you know what kind of food you can find. But, if you haven’t been in a while, you will be surprised by what it has become. “Oh I love it! I love it!,” said shopper Annie Buxton. Buxton and a neighbor said they drove to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 1987 Heisman Trophy winner from Notre Dame will be heading to Houston for a charity event intended to raise money for scholarships to help young adults. Tim Brown will touch down in the city June 2 for the Mike Rozier Annual Heisman Players Weekend event. The day includes a lot of golfing, a comedy show, a …

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) — The Texas House and Senate have reached a compromise on a bill to allow the permitless carrying of handguns, the top negotiators said Friday, moving it even closer to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for a likely signature. The author of the legislation, Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, announced the deal in a statement Friday afternoon, and the Senate …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The city of Houston and Harris County won’t receive a single cent from $1 billion in federal funds that communities could apply for and use for flood mitigation projects related to Hurricane Harvey. The Texas General Land Office will make the formal announcement on Friday, but on Thursday it told it has already met with Houston …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — More than two million women have left the workforce during the pandemic — many, because they can’t find childcare. If anyone knows how tough balancing it all is, it’s Tywon Mickel. The single mom has a 6-year-old, an 8-year-old, and 11-month-old twins who were born during the pandemic. “It’s been a very rough year, but I …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston ISD is entrusting its future in the hands of a 22-year education professional who leaves behind a student population five times smaller than HISD’s. The school district’s board announced Millard House II, the current director of schools at Clarksville-Montgomery County School System in Tennessee, as the lone finalist for the permanent HISD superintendent job. “This …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s not every day you see a set of triplets graduate high school all together, but at Memorial High School in Spring Branch, there are three! “We’ve seen each other in classes before and it’s kind of special,” said Luke Bethancourt. His brother, Alex, shares the sentiment. “I think probably the funniest part of the ceremony …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Anna Doneson has lived in Houston for decades, but she said the past six years have changed her. “I live petrified every day when I hear ‘Flash Flood,'” Doneson said standing outside her Meyerland home. Her home first took on water during the Memorial Day flood of 2015 when torrential rain flooded swaths of Houston. Just …